Jeff Wittich
About Jeff Wittich
Jeff Wittich serves as the Chief Product Officer at Ampere, where he has worked since 2021. With a background in Electrical Engineering and extensive experience at Intel, he focuses on developing sustainable cloud-native processors and defining product roadmaps.
Work at Ampere
Jeff Wittich serves as the Chief Product Officer at Ampere, a position he has held since 2021. He is also the Senior Vice President of Products, a role he has occupied since 2019. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads a technology team focused on developing Cloud Native processors tailored for sustainable cloud environments. Wittich is responsible for defining the long-term roadmap for high-performance microprocessor products and platforms, ensuring alignment of resources with Ampere's business needs while maximizing customer value. He also contributes to the development of a partner ecosystem to enhance future cloud workloads.
Education and Expertise
Wittich earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied from 1998 to 2002. He furthered his education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, obtaining a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2002 to 2004. His academic background provides a strong foundation for his extensive experience in product management and engineering within the technology sector.
Background
Before joining Ampere, Jeff Wittich worked at Intel Corporation for over a decade in various roles. He served as Senior Director of Cloud Business and Platforms from 2014 to 2019, and as Senior Manager of Product Reliability Engineering from 2009 to 2014. He also held the position of Senior Device and Process Engineer from 2004 to 2009. Earlier in his career, he was a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 2002 to 2004.
Achievements
During his tenure at Intel, Wittich led the development of five generations of Xeon processors, focusing on the cloud platform business. His leadership in product reliability engineering and cloud business strategies has contributed to advancements in high-performance microprocessors. At Ampere, he continues to implement strategies that align resources with business needs, enhancing customer value and supporting the company's growth in the cloud computing sector.